Scott DesJarlais is a licensed physician and Republican congressman from Tennessee who has voted in Congress against abortion rights. From Wikipedia (click here): “DesJarlais’ first wife Susan had alleged that her ex-husband engaged in ‘violent and threatening behavior’. Cou[...]
Archive for June, 2015
June 29th, 2015 - 3:19 pm § in Misc.
What are medical licensing boards good for, if they won’t discipline a doctor like this?
June 29th, 2015 - 3:01 pm § in Misc.
Supreme Court blocks Texas abortion restrictions
Conservatives, including conservative Supreme Court justices, complain that death penalty foes are waging “guerrilla war” against capital punishment by working with drug companies to block states’ access to execution drugs, but conservative abortion foes have waged a guerrilla war [...]
June 29th, 2015 - 1:07 pm § in Uncategorized
NBC to Trump: You’re fired!
NBC has joined Univision in sacking Donald Trump for his racist remarks about Mexican immigrants in his presidential announcement speech last week. NBC has terminated all its business arrangements with Trump. “This means the network won’t air the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, wh[...]
June 29th, 2015 - 12:01 pm § in Misc.
The next big thing in executions: Nitrogen asphyxiation
A human life is difficult to destroy. Our bodies can take a lot of punishment, and people often put up amazingly tough resistance against efforts to put them away. We can survive remarkable injuries. Despite the tremendous firepower of modern armies, the vast majority of soldiers in modern wars surv[...]
June 29th, 2015 - 9:01 am § in Misc.
James Fallows on Obama’s Grace Speech
“His singing was the aspect of the speech that will be easiest to remember. That is in part because it was so unusual and in part because it was so brave: Obama sang well, but not perfectly. For someone so precise and aspiring-to-perfection in most other realms of achievement, and so obviously[...]
June 29th, 2015 - 8:30 am § in Misc.
Support bail and legal defense for the patriot who lowered the rebel flag
Bree Newsome and James Tyson are now in jail, for cutting down the flag. If convicted these heroes could get up to three years n jail. Meanwhile South Carolina officials, after claiming they lacked the technology to lower the damned flag to half mast in honor of the victims of the Charleston Mass[...]
June 29th, 2015 - 8:26 am § in Misc.
UPDATE: THE GREEKS, explained by Roger Rabbit
Greek crisis: ‘We rely on imports. Soon even the most basic goods won’t be available’ Greece is facing a humanitarian crisis and business is likely to suffer because of capital controls, say Greek MPs and business owners Greece debt crisis: vote yes to stay in the euro, says Jun[...]
June 29th, 2015 - 8:06 am § in Environment, Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Court Says Obama Can Not Block CO2
Court Blocks Limits on Power Plants, in a Blow to Obama By ADAM LIPTAK NY Times The ruling stops in its tracks the administration’s initiatives for controlling greenhouse gas emissions.[...]
June 29th, 2015 - 7:59 am § in Misc.
China’s Imperialist Arrogance
China deeply concerned over Philippine gov’t hyping up S.China Sea issue 06-29 16:58 China is seriously concerned over the incumbent Philippine government’s ballyhooing over the South China Sea issue, whipping up contradictory feelings between the people of the two countries, Foreign [...]
Supreme Court’s conservative majority approves torture executions
Image: Artist’s depiction of Supreme Court-approved execution The Supreme Court’s conservative majority, in a 5-4 decision, ruled today that states can continue executing condemned criminals with the drug Midazolam despite a string of botched executions in several states. A reporter who [...]